A Field Guide to Awkward Silences

from CherieReads

I don't read a whole lot of non-fiction, and I especially don't read a lot of short stories or essays. I usually find myself bored and missing an overarching plot-line. This book is an exception. I loved it. Alexandra Petri writes a series of essays chronicling the strange and awkward situations ...

from Amniot

A collection of humor essays that the twenty-something author frames as anecdotes about awkward things she has done. The premise doesn't ring quite true, as she is clearly both brilliant and successful (Harvard, Washington Post), and rarely silent. Therefore, much of it comes across as "humble br...

from musichick52

I gave this book an honest try, but after the first 100 pages, I got bogged down in the pun festival and had no more energy to give. Why, you ask? I live with a Master Punster, a wordsmith, a man who has the same twisted, dry sense of humor I think that I do. That's why I married him. I see humor...